Many issues, some of them quite shocking, are jeopardizing the future of Nagarhole(Rajiv Gandhi) National Park.
A few of them are mentioned below;
- Increase in man-animal conflict due encroachment of forests, mushrooming of resorts and the menace of poaching.
- No buffer zone. Long standing demand of the forest officials and NGOs ignored by the Government.
- Illegal collection of firewood and cattle grazing in the park.
- Inadequate staff. Out of sanctioned 106 guards, 49 posts are vacant.
- Obsolete firearms with the forest guards. Currently many “roam around with lathis and machetes” on their duty.
- Most arms of forest guards under police custody, for opening “fire against poachers”.
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